danny

[Sean Giovanello]

Hey I am walking on air and give him credit for it, but I firmly believe
that the difference between good and lucky can often be missed.

On Dec 3, 2007 8:23 PM, dforant1 <dforant1 at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> Kiss the ground he walks on. No one cares the circuitous route he took.
> We're here. It's on his watch. It should be indelibly etched into your
> mind.
> Did he predict a 5 year build?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Giovanello" <giovanello at gmail.com>
> To: "The Boston Celtics Mailing List" <celtics at igtc.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 8:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: danny
>
>
> >I don't think Danny knew what he was going as he drove the team into the
> > ground and I don't think he knew there was a Garnett at the end of the
> > rainbow.  It worked out and he will reap all the accolades for it, but I
> > think its a grave mistake to think this was anything other than like
> > someone
> > winning t he lottery.
> >
> > On Dec 3, 2007 7:27 PM, dforant1 <dforant1 at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I personally do give DA all the credit in the World. His hard,
> relentless
> >> searching ala Columbus paid off handsomely. End result surgery a
> >> tremendous
> >> success.
> >>
> >> DanF
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Kim Malo" <kmalo17 at verizon.net>
> >> To: "The Boston Celtics Mailing List" <celtics at igtc.com>; "The Boston
> >> Celtics IMailing List" <celtics at igtc.com>
> >> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 6:25 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Re: danny
> >>
> >>
> >> > No he didn't. I don't buy the he fully knew what he was going all
> >> > along idea just because it's worked in the end argument either,
> >> > because it wasn't exactly a steady rise upward and there's no saying
> >> > someone else might have avoided his mistakes and done it faster.
> >> > While even the way it's worked into success doesn't match his
> >> > original vision, which was all about offense and very little to do
> >> > with the defense that is a big part of what makes us such a winner so
> >> > fast.
> >> >
> >> > But in fairness to Danny we were already a team whose loooong term
> >> > spiral downward had only been slowed down for a temporary stop at
> >> > mediocrity when we made the Easter conference finals with the Antoine
> >> > and Paul show. And almost everyone acknowledged that that was not a
> >> > team that was going to go anywhere but down without radical changes -
> >> > they'd reached their upper limit and probably played better than they
> >> > really were. While he did immediately make a change in direction that
> >> > may not have made us a winner but at least gave us some youth and
> >> > athleticism that might have the long term future the prior bunch
> >> > certainly didn't. That didn't happen, for a bunch of reasons, from
> >> > their all being too young together to lack of leadership to their
> >> > probably being better as a collection of players than as a team. But
> >> > you can't wholly blame Danny for the prior decline any more than I
> >> > think he should get credit for knowing exactly what he was doing with
> >> > every step along the way.
> >> >
> >> > Kim
> >> >
> >> > At 05:54 PM 12/3/2007, ryanmnelson at verizon.net wrote:
> >> >>He also took us into that poor house.
> >> >>
> >> >>rmn
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >From: steve knight <stevebknight at yahoo.com>
> >> >> >Date: 2007/12/03 Mon PM 04:28:19 CST
> >> >> >To: celtics at igtc.com
> >> >> >Subject: Re: danny
> >> >>
> >> >> >lost in all our success has been any acknowledgment
> >> >> >that danny did indeed know what he was doing all
> >> >> >along, collecting chips, then trading them for a T E A
> >> >> >M of players. and he hasn't crowed one bit.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >whatever you think of danny, you've got to admit he
> >> >> >took us from the poor house to the penthouse in just a
> >> >> >couple years with moves that took balls about the size
> >> >> >of...well, basketballs.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >in fact, i can't think of any team that's been down so
> >> >> >long being resurrected so fast. three cheers for
> >> >> >danny!
> >> >
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